Putz Family History
Putz Name Meaning
South German (Austria Bavaria): topographic name for someone who lived by a well or a small pond from Central German putze Middle Low German putte (from Latin puteus) ‘pool’. South German (Rhineland; Pütz): from pütz ‘well pool’ (see 1 above) or a habitational name from a place so named in Luxembourg. Austrian German: from a pet form of the personal name Burkhard (see Burkhart ). South German: nickname from a byname for the devil. Compare Butz . Germanized form of Slovenian Puc in part a cognate of one or more names above.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022